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Opening with the wonderfully titled "Auburn Skies," the album captures the imagination and will hold it to the final bar of the final track. "The Words I Forgot to Say" is one of the best lost-love songs I have heard in a long while. Just listen to lines like "In a little tin box on my bed stand; Lies a gold ring and a fingered note; And there between the lines and faded letters; All the words that got stuck in my throat."
They follow on with "True Believer," an upbeat song that combines a great
beat, a sort of Swedish/Irish mouth music and beautiful lyrics. They retain
this marvelous lyrical magic on "Ghost of You." Listening to their use
of the English language, it is so easy to forget that this is not their
first language. They put many a lyricist born and bred to English to shame.
It is impossible to pick a favourite track from this album; every one
has great merit and will entrance the listener. OK, I will stick my neck
out and pick a favourite, especially for the lyrics. That track has to
be "Time," a song that revisits a theme used so often by others but for
writing a strong delivery, West of Eden get my vote. "Time is a joker,
time is a thief; Time leaves you trembling like summer's last leaves;
Time is killer ruthless and strong; One day you're living, the next day
you're gone."
To confirm that Jenny is not the only voice of the group, Martin Schaub
takes over on "My Kind of Town."
Listening to this album one is reminded of pop music and 1974 when a Swedish
group revitalized the industry. Maybe in 2006 West of Eden will help attract
an even wider audience to the contemporary folk scene.
-Irish Music Magazine
Click on each tracktitle to hear a sample of the song.
01. Auburn
Skies
02. The
Words That I forgot To Say
03. True
Believer
04. Ghost
Of You
05. My
Kind Of Town
06. Just
Another Sunset
07. Immortal
08. Time
09. Jigzaw
Puzzle
10. Could
Have Been
11. Anywhere
The Wind Blows
12. Four
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